Captured in Time
St. James Parochial School, Brooklyn, NY 1892-1893
All eyes concentrate intently on the camera during this photo in the 1892-1893 school year at St. James Parochial School in Brooklyn. The lettering of this school appears in the center banner. At least three of the boys (center) are donning military-style uniforms. Himself wearing a bowler and a mantle (the latter being a part of the official Brothers’ garb for decades), Brother Robert assumes a Napoleonic stance and a no-nonsense demeanor. The framed images are (from left to right): St. John Baptist de La Salle; the Pope (likely Pope Pius IX); Christopher Columbus; and a local bishop, likely the recently-deceased Bishop John Loughlin, the first Bishop of Brooklyn (1853-1891) and namesake of Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.
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